A method of making and decorating a container in which the tubular body is injection molded with either its upper end or its bottom end open and is threaded onto a mandrel through an open end to provide support for the tubular body during printing of a decor thereon. The neck member or bottom member or both can then be applied.

A fire-resistant wall board containing plaster as binder and wollastonite grains in amounts of between 5 and 12% by weight is described. The grains are admixed with the plaster slurry to produce a plasterboard, which is then processed in a known manner.

A method for the manufacture of very low density mineral wool structural panels on a moving foraminous support wire (40) by frothing a dilute aqueous dispersion of mineral wool. The froth, a mass of delicate, non-resilient and non-uniform bubbles among the entangled mineral wool fibers readily breaks, is stripped of water and dried without substantial loss of the highly open, porous structural con...

The brick (1) material, for buildings, is formed by bonding two bodies (2,3) together with an adhesive at their joint. At least part of the shaped body (2) is of a geopolymer material, and the joint seal is of the same material as that part of the body (2). Pref. the joint seal and/or the material for the shaped body (2) is foamed. Another part of the shaped body (3) is an inorganic porous materia...

In a laminate material (I) comprising supporting layer (11) of steel and sliding layer (20) of practically pure graphite, an adhesion-promoting layer (II) (15-19), with lubricating properties if required, is applied between these supporting and sliding layers. Material (I) is prepd. by (1) coating one face of a steel tape as supporting layer with (II) of high temp.-resistant plastics material (III...

In circuits having fast switching transistors, interfering voltage peaks occur due to parasitic inductances and capacitances. The novel circuit indicates a device for effectively suppressing these voltage peaks. The energy stored in the parasitic reactive elements can be absorbed, without significantly increasing the switching losses, by reducing the rate of change of the switch resistance only at...

In order to design a wet-shaving-implement holder so as to be variable with regard to geometrical shape, a holder is proposed which is a body segment, the plane face of which forms an underside (2), there being arranged in the upper side depressions (3) for inserting a wet-shaving implement (6) which are formed, in terms of outline and depth, in such a way that the half-shell-shaped outer contour ...

The Prothrombin Time (PT) is used as a screening test for blood coagulation factor deficiencies and for monitoring oral anti-coagulant therapy using coumadin. Thromboplastin reagents activate the extrinsic pathway of coagulation and are the basis for the Prothrombin Time (PT) test. This invention describes the use of barium sulfate and chaotropic agents, and nonionic detergents, for the extraction...

Tolan derivatives useful as components of liquid crystal materials have the formula:- in which R<1> and R<2> are each a C1-C10 alkyl group. a

Disclosed is a method and apparatus for treatment of hypertrophy of the prostate gland. The apparatus comprises an expansion catheter (1) having an expandable tubular stent (18) associated therewith, adapted for transurethral insertion via the external opening of the urethra and placement within a stenotic region of the urethral lumen caused by a hypertrophied prostate gland. Force exerted by the ...

A vulcanizable elastomer composition comprising an epoxy group-containing elastomer, and blended therewith, (l) an organic compound having at least two bonds of the following formula wherein X and Y are both oxygen or sulfur atoms, or one of X and Y is an oxygen atom and the other is a sulfur atom, in the molecule, and (2) a quaternary compound selected from quaternary ammonium salts and qu...

A cache memory, when receiving an operand read request and the operand address from a central processing unit, responds with a signal indicative of operand available in the cache, before having checked if such operand is effectively in the cache, if in a previous operand request the effective operand presence in the cache had occurred, or starts a memory read operation, before having checked if su...

PCT No. PCT/EP93/03218 Sec. 371 Date May 19, 1995 Sec. 102(e) Date May 19, 1995 PCT Filed Nov. 16, 1993 PCT Pub. No. WO94/10941 PCT Pub. Date May 26, 1994The invention relates to a shoulder-joint endoprosthesis comprising a glenoid joint socket having a rearward part which has a porous structure for attachment to the shoulder blade. The socket is dished and substantially pear shaped. A humeral joi...

The invention relates to an apparatus for treating a liquid, in particular an aqueous liquid, preferably to avoid, decrease or eliminate deposits and/or corrosion in pipes or vessels through which the treated liquid flows, including at least one liquid treatment route, to which is assigned at least one electrode preferably electrically insulated from the liquid treatment route. The object underlyi...

A tubular adapter for clamping connection with the end of a tubular part of a modular prosthesis, consisting of an axially slotted connecting sleeve circumferentially clampable by a clamping bolt or the like and designed to receive tube end, with the sleeve abutted at one end by an annular coupling section, the section preferably having on its circumference four equally spaced threaded holes, with...

The disclosure concerns the reading of the photocharges generated by the illumination of a matrix of photosensitive dots. The dots are formed by a photosensitive diode in series with a reading diode, all between a row and a column of the matrix. To reduce the reading errors, there is provision to illuminate the photosensitive dots with a constant illumination which gets added to the illumination t...

An esterified 5-propynyl-substituted pyrimidine nucleoside and salts thereof (I); their use in the treatment or prophylaxis of viral infections; pharmaceutical formulations thereof; and processes for the preparation of the nucleoside and its salts. s